A child living in the shadow of a famous parent is often difficult, for the child can rarely live up to the expectations of being as great as the parent.  So what happens when the child is the flesh of superheroes? Jupiter’s Legacy takes a not-too-unfamiliar story (the days when superheroes have aged into retirement)… Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL WEEK The tag for this book (as quoted from Goodreads) starts: “Alaric Moebius and Basil Fox are two lovable scoundrels looking to make a quick fortune.”  Unfortunately I didn’t see it that way. I saw two scoundrels who lacked a strong moral compass trying to make their fortune. This book features three stories… Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL WEEK Is this an Addams Family for the new millennium? The October Faction is a graphic novel about Frederick Allan, a monster hunter who is now retired.  His children want to follow in his footsteps … an idea that Frederick doesn’t care for.  The daughter, Vivian, proves herself more than capable, though I’m… Continue reading

Fables 150 is a well-done conclusion to this long-running comic/graphic novel series. The book starts with a longer piece, illustrated by the familiar Mark Buckingham and Steve Leialoha, which does a nice job of wrapping up the general arc of the series.  The real bonus here is the inclusion of a number of shorter stories,… Continue reading

I had high hopes for this book.  I saw that it was set in Canada and I thought “Great!  Why not?  If there are superheroes with powers in the world, why DON’T we have some in Canada?”  (Of course some of my friends and readers who read comics and graphic novels much more regularly than… Continue reading

If Quentin Tarantino were to write and draw a comic book, it would look something like Stray Bullets.  The question is: Is that a good thing? I was highly interested in reading this graphic novel after hearing that author/artist David Lapham won an Eisner Award for Stray Bullets Vol 1 (1996).  But if the art… Continue reading